The
7th Kalinga Mahotsav a national Festival of Martial Arts was held at Dhauli Shanti Stupa, Bhubaneswar, on the 10th and 11th of January 2009. The program of the festival was as follows:
| 10th January | Attakalari Center for Movement Arts, Bangalore (Attakalari) |
| New Artists Forum, Khurda (Paika) |
| Chatrasal Bunderlkhand Akhada, Bundelkhand (Martial Akhada) |
| 11th January | Hula Sindamsang Imphal (Thang Ta) |
| Bamanghati Chhau Nrutya Pratisthan, Rairangpur (Phari Khanda) |